Lives of Quiet Frustration
Article by Millard Grubb
Years ago, when I was working as a behavioral specialist for a local medical facility, I went to one of those mlm meetings at a friend’s home and got excited about the opportunity he offered.
I jumped in. With both feet. Went to meetings. Drove hundreds of miles to talk to prospects. Signed people up. This went on for a couple of months until exhaustion set in. Did I make money? Yes. Did I make a profit?
Yes.
Why?
Because I spent my time doing the things I had to do to get the job done. That is both the solution and the problem for most people. People don’t have enough time to live the life they were born to live. Someone once told me the real skinny on how the real corporate world works.
You just get out of college. You get your resumes out. A company hires you for a good chunk of change. You’re happy. After a couple of years, you get a raise, a promotion. Buy a new house. A new car. Fancy clothes. You’re in hock up to your neck.
But that’s OK. You’ve got a good job. You’re paying the bills. You’re making just enough to pay everything and have a little bit of spending money. When your tax refund comes in every year, you use that to catch up or buy yourself a little gift. You don’t have time to do anything else except work and pay the bills.
And, oh, by the way, in many cases by the time you reach your forties, your salary is more than the corporation wants to pay, so your job is eliminated. Hold on, you say. You know you’ve got to do something, so you started a little part-time business that you can devote 40 hours a month to. You stop watching TV. You get up early. You stay up late. You have a dream. You press on.
Let’s think about this.
You are doing the right things to move ahead, but you have one big disadvantage.
TIME.
If you love making cakes and have 40 hours a month to make cakes and you are head-to head with a local bakery that has 360 hours a month to bake and sell cakes, your prospects look slim for victory. How do you combat this lack of time?
There is no simple answer.
You need to get back to basics and determine what’s important in life. Is giving your life to your job what you want? Do you want to give your life for something higher? Do you have a cause? Do you want to create something that will last? Do you just want to provide a good living for your family without the hassles of the corporate environment? Maybe all you want is an extra 0 a month so you can cut back on the corporate treadmill. There is a one-word solution to this problem.
LEVERAGE.
This is where the Macintosh computer comes to the rescue. There is no better machine that allows you to get more things done in less time. If you do not have much time, you have to do something that will make one hour do the work of ten. Instead of one person hearing your story or looking at your product, you can have thousands become aware of your business in a very short time. With your Macintosh computer, an internet connection, and Ebay you can make cash quickly because of leverage.
Ebay is such a huge marketplace, that with a good idea and a Mac, you can create a product and make sales in just a few days. All you need is some photos, iTune, iMovie, and your Mac and you are ready to start.
For example: Let’s say you have a big family. When it comes time to decorate the wedding cakes, everyone calls you. You’ve liked baking cakes for years. You get out a camera. Take pictures of you decorating the cake. You create some slides in iMovie or Keynote. Put it all together in iMovie and burn to disc in iDVD.
You place an ad in Ebay for your how-to-do-it Wedding Cake Decorating DVD.
Ka-ching! Orders come in.
You’ve created a new cash stream for yourself.
The Mac is what makes it easy.
Check it out for yourself.
Copyright© 2008 Millard Grubb
About the Author
As author of four books and numerous articles for the business community, Millard Grubb uses his two decades of business experience to help business owners make more money with little risk. To fin out more about using a Mac in your business, go to: http://www.macintoshmoney.com
